News Topic: WSJcomBankruptcyBeat

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, the sports world is again overshadowing the rest of the celebrity bankruptcy world. A “Real Housewives” couple are in the spotlight, but the Dallas Stars are elbowing for a close-up, with several bidders possibly ... Read full article

Marc Lasry’s Avenue Capital Group and other investors in the debt of distressed power producer Dynegy Inc. have asked a New York court to undo a restructuring engineered by shareholder Carl Icahn, calling the shake-up a fraud “unprecedented in the annals ... Read full article

While it turns out that Zylon—the material that bankrupt body-armor maker Point Blank once stuffed into its bulletproof vests—may not actually protect you from bullets, don’t count the allegedly defective thread out just yet. It’s good enough to serve as ... Read full article

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. said Wednesday it will drop its appeal in the so-called secret discount lawsuit against Barclays PLC over the price Barclays paid when it bought Lehman’s U.S. brokerage business in September 2008. Read the Daily Bankruptcy ... Read full article

Associated Press Fox Sports is concerned that the Los Angeles Dodgers’ creditors are preparing to pencil into their lineup L ... Read full article

Bloomberg News Pedestrians pass the Borders Group Inc. ... Read full article

A maker of sweet treats for Scots may face a sour fate. Confectioner New McCowans Ltd., which makes Highland Toffee bars, Wham chew bars and Bonbons chewy candies, has gone into administration, according to the BBC . ... Read full article

A bankruptcy judge on Tuesday rejected Barnes Bay Development Ltd.’s Chapter 11 plan, wiping out the claims of dozens of wealthy individuals who plunked down money to buy vacation homes at its Caribbean luxury resort. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review ... Read full article

The concept behind a pending California law requiring municipalities to seek mediation before filing for bankruptcy divided respondents to a recent American Bankruptcy Institute poll. Nearly half of participants, 49%, either “strongly agreed” or “somewhat ... Read full article

The Republican chairman of the House Judiciary Committee is calling for Attorney General Eric Holder to appoint an examiner in Solyndra LLC’s bankruptcy case to investigate the financial relationship between the Department of Energy and the company. Read ... Read full article

Associated Press Dallas Stars player Kari Lehtonen falls into the goal. The price tag for the Dallas Stars hockey team, expected to be as much as $265 million even without com ... Read full article

The Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday sought bankruptcy court approval to sell the right to broadcast the team’s future games in a bid to raise funds. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review story here . ... Read full article

Reuters The Dallas Stars hockey team was hemorrhaging cash in the years leading up to Thursday’s bankruptcy filing. ... Read full article

Getty Images Sean Avery When the New York Rangers picked up Se ... Read full article

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, the NHL’s Dallas Stars slide into bankruptcy, the New Jersey Devils are refinancing debt, and a Denver media personality tunes in to Chapter 7. ... Read full article

The National Hockey League’s Dallas Stars filed for bankruptcy protection Thursday evening, with a proposal to put the franchise on the auction block and an initial offer in hand from Canadian hospitality executive Tom Gaglardi. Read the Daily Bankruptcy ... Read full article

The National Hockey League’s Dallas Stars team is expected to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Wilmington, Del., within the next day, said a source familiar with the team’s plans. Read Eric Morath’s story in the Daily Bankrutpcy Review here . ... Read full article

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